Martin, who was born and raised in Alamosa and graduated from Adams State University two years ago, is the daughter of the school’s longtime cross country and track coach, Damon Martin. She flew in Sunday afternoon from Bradenton, Fla., where Adams State was wrapping up its outdoor season at the Division II national track and field championships.

“This is my first year as a post-collegiate, and I’m finally learning how to do that,” Lauren Martin, 25.

“This is significantly harder than training in Alamosa, even though it’s 2,000 feet higher, we have no hills,” she said. “As soon as we hit the hills, it started getting really rough and my legs became fatigued.”

Martin is engaged to be married to former Adams State runner Kyle Masterson, the captain of the cross country team that won a national title last fall. Their wedding is scheduled in South Fork in less than two weeks on June 10. A week later, Martin will run a half marathon in Duluth, Minn. After that, she’ll end her season before heading to Europe on her honeymoon.

Kosgei, the overall winner, crushed his competition. At 29:44, he was ahead of second place by 58 seconds, the largest margin of victory in the citizens race, topping the previous record of 53 seconds, set in 1995. The 30-year-old’s slowest mile was 4:51.

“It was fantastic,” said Kosgei, who lives in North Carolina. “I didn’t expect this.”